Why a Booktrail?
Secrets in a boarding school…
Mothernight
Why a Booktrail?
Secrets in a boarding school…
What you need to know before your trail
Leila Hartley is a boarder at a girls’ school in Kent.
She keeps everyone at a distance, until a girl called Olivia Rudham arrives, and the two become room-mates and best friends. As the months go by, their relationship grows more intense, and Olivia begins to realise that Leila may be harbouring a secret about her past.
Travel Guide
Mothernight
The title appears to come from the night of the Winter Solstice, which is called ‘Mother Night’ in Norse mythology. In the book, this is the night when something bad happens.
It is also part of Goethe’s Faust which suggest that’ there can be no light without darkness.’
Interpret this as you will…..
The Boarding School..somewhere in Kent
Always a place where secrets and events of the past seem to come to haunt. Children on their own, some without parents seem to bond or get into trouble that they might not have done otherwise.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Mothernight
Author/Guide: Sarah Stovell Destination: Kent
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